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It sounds like you should be testing more. What is different about the questions you ask and the ones that get responses? How can you make your questions more

by noahc 16y ago

It sounds like you should be testing more. What is different about the questions you ask and the ones that get responses? How can you make your questions more like theirs? Ultimately, just throw up a lot of crap and see what sticks. Then improve on what sticks.

Mz 16y ago
Just throwing up a lot of crap and seeing what sticks doesn't generally work for me. To me, that's the slowest, most painful way to figure out what works. Studying the successes of others is my preferred route. This particular idea is kind of newly born, so probably best to let it incubate a bit anyway. And, as I said, I have not slept well this week. Posting with a clear head generally gets better results.
- noahc 16y ago
  Obviously, not sleeping isn't the greatest way to have your best thoughts. I understand that. However, I think you're missing out on a huge upside. You are judged by your best works not your failures. The problem with studying the success of others is that you're not doing anything. I would know, I spent 2 years doing it and had nothing to show for it. When I say throw up a lot of crap, what I really mean is throw up good enough stuff to validate the idea. Then go from there. It maybe painful, but it works. It certainly isn't slow. I can throw up an outline of 5 blog posts and say, "Which one do you want to read?" and then write the post everyone likes. Or I can study how the best bloggers do it and start tomorrow(which never comes).
  - Mz 16y ago
    Oh, I actually do plenty of that or I wouldn't still be posting here. I'm a woman and very open about that. Women sometimes comment here that it's a tough environment for a woman. And it can be. But it's also a growth experience. If I get badly downvoted or something, I wonder why, I wonder what I can do differently, rather than just feeling burned and going away to lick my wounds. In this case, I really think my impetus to immediately post and start asking questions is probably a bad one, a premature impetus. It will be better for me to do some of the legwork before posting and requesting feedback. I'm not a patient person. :-) So I don't really want to wait. But I think it is best, not just because I am not in a good place mentally today but for other reasons as well.

by noahc 16y ago

Mz 16y ago

Just throwing up a lot of crap and seeing what sticks doesn't generally work for me. To me, that's the slowest, most painful way to figure out what works. Studying the successes of others is my preferred route. This particular idea is kind of newly born, so probably best to let it incubate a bit anyway. And, as I said, I have not slept well this week. Posting with a clear head generally gets better results.

noahc 16y ago
Obviously, not sleeping isn't the greatest way to have your best thoughts. I understand that. However, I think you're missing out on a huge upside. You are judged by your best works not your failures. The problem with studying the success of others is that you're not doing anything. I would know, I spent 2 years doing it and had nothing to show for it. When I say throw up a lot of crap, what I really mean is throw up good enough stuff to validate the idea. Then go from there. It maybe painful, but it works. It certainly isn't slow. I can throw up an outline of 5 blog posts and say, "Which one do you want to read?" and then write the post everyone likes. Or I can study how the best bloggers do it and start tomorrow(which never comes).
- Mz 16y ago
  Oh, I actually do plenty of that or I wouldn't still be posting here. I'm a woman and very open about that. Women sometimes comment here that it's a tough environment for a woman. And it can be. But it's also a growth experience. If I get badly downvoted or something, I wonder why, I wonder what I can do differently, rather than just feeling burned and going away to lick my wounds. In this case, I really think my impetus to immediately post and start asking questions is probably a bad one, a premature impetus. It will be better for me to do some of the legwork before posting and requesting feedback. I'm not a patient person. :-) So I don't really want to wait. But I think it is best, not just because I am not in a good place mentally today but for other reasons as well.